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The LARGEST Union Radio Show in the South, broadcasting online and on the radio in Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Louisiana, every Saturday from 9:30AM to 12:30PM Central. http://www.tvlr.fm
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The REAL Reason Trump Is Stalling with Ending the Shutdown

It's Day 20 of Trump's Shutdown and the battle is dragging on over healthcare premium tax credits and government subsidies. But Trump seems to be more concerned with helping criminals than helping working people.

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Sean Duffy Calls Air Traffic Controllers “CHILDREN”

We react to Sean Duffy on TV taking a sh*t on overworked Air Traffic Controllers who have been hanging on by a mental thread.

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Hawley BLASTS Boeing Exec for Underpaying Workers

It's a bit surprising when Republicans actually stand up for workers, but we're here for it, even when it's Josh Hawley, who left a Boeing exec in a stammering panic after absolutely grilling him about the @IAM_Union strike.
Huntsville REFUSES to Address Underfunding of Libraries

Dr. Marisa Alison, public sociologist and community organizer with At The Root Collective, gives us the latest updates on government pressure on local libraries and our own library system's critical underfunding.

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Local TV News Stations are EXPLOITING Their Workers

A wrongfully-terminated union worker at Nexstar and a @CWAUnion Research Department worker join us to talk about how they're breaking the news on just how messed up local TV News stations have become.

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Federal Union President Responds to Trump Firing Her Members During Shutdown

Workers at the CDC in Atlanta have been fired by Trump during the shutdown. Yolanda Jacobs (President, @AFGENational Local 2883 at the CDC), talks to us about the consequences and repercussions.

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Trump EXPOSES His Bad Faith in Shutdown Fight

As Trump's Shutdown drags on agonizingly, he hasn't waited long to let the mask slip about his true intentions... actually he didn't wait at all, to be honest... as he takes aim (once again) at federal workers.

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Alabama Man SUES DHS for Racial Profiling

Just one of many US citizens who've fallen victim to blatant racial profiling by ICE and the Trump Admin. And this is just one part of a much larger tapestry of how these raids are hurting the working class and U.S. economy.

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PACK IT UP? Reacting to an Article Arguing AGAINST Building Militant Unions

A former member of the @Teamsters wrote an article for @SublationMag arguing that union reformism is ineffective and pointless. We read excerpts and explain why we think he's wrong.

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Report Finds Populists Should Run as Independents

We take a look at a new Working Class Politics Report, "Democrats' Rust Belt Struggles and the Promise of Independent Politics," and highlight some of the interesting bits that caught our attention.

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Trump ILLEGALLY FIRED HUD Worker for Whistleblowing

Last week Paul Osadebe (Department of Housing and Urban Development) told us how the Trump Admin targeted him after blowing the whistle, and now they've fired him, ignoring all legal protections for federal whistleblowers

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Texas Worker and Member of the @Teamsters FIRED for Organizing, Not Done Fighting

We're joined by Topher White to talk about his attempt to organize workers at a major Texas liquor store that resulted in him being fired.

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